Mysterious Insanity 3 – 100 Degrees Below Zero

Director R.D. Braunstein Starring Jeff Fahey, Sara Malakul Lane, Marc Ewins Score 1/6 When a chain of volcanic eruptions rips through Europe, the enormous ash cloud blocks out the sun, plunging the continent into a new ice age. An American couple must find their kids and get them out of Paris before it freezes over.…

Mysterious Insanity 3 – Apocalypse Pompeii

Director R.D. Braunstein Starring Jeff Fahey, Sara Malakul Lane, Marc Ewins Score 1/6 When a chain of volcanic eruptions rips through Europe, the enormous ash cloud blocks out the sun, plunging the continent into a new ice age. An American couple must find their kids and get them out of Paris before it freezes over.…

Greg Kading Speaking Tour of Australia

Greg Kading, the lead detective of the investigative task force for the infamous Tupac and B.I.G case, is coming to Australia to embark on a world first live show. Greg is a veteran LAPD detective who specialises in gang, narcotic and homicide investigations. After his retirement in 2010, Greg authored the book Murder Rap which…

Homefront – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Director Michael Wilkins Score 4/6 What happens when you destroy a war memorial and what do you put in its place? These questions faced Arts Officer, Colin James, and Project Manager and Artist, Amanda Gibson as they looked for ways to replace the much-loved Greensborough War Memorial statues, which had stood for 14 years in…

Red Sunday: Healing Through Narrative Therapy – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Director Hannah Cairns Rated 4/6 In the documentary, Red Sunday, community members of rural far east Gippsland, Victoria, Australia recount their experiences regarding the devastating 2014 bush fires, which lasted nearly 70 long, unpredictable, and traumatic days. Red Sunday is the first in a series of reviews of Documentaries that are going to be screened…

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Director Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman Starring Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld Rated PG Score 5/6 Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. Perhaps I should have gotten my act together and watched Into the…

Major Payne

Director Nick Castle Starring Damon Wayans Rated PG Score 3/6 A recently discharged Major, finds himself commanding a group of mismatched Cadets. For those of you who might be interested apparently Major Payne is a loose remake of the 1955 war film The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston. Recently I was asked…

La Mama Theatre Rebuilding Fund Receives Boost

Just over a year after the devastating fire, La Mama Theatre today announced that the million dollar contribution by State Government has been matched by a philanthropic alliance including, Sidney Myer Fund, John T Reid Charitable Trusts, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Gandel Philanthropy and an anonymous donation. Minister for Creative Industries, the Hon. Martin Foley,…

RSPCA ACT Receives Funding Boost

The ACT Government has delivered over $300,000 of additional funding to the RSPCA ACT to boost animal management and welfare services with new equipment to better resource the shelter. “Each year funding is provided to the RSPCA for the delivery of animal management and welfare services and I am pleased that this year we are…

Terminator Trilogy

Director James Cameron Staring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn Rated M Score 5.5/6 A seemingly indestructible robot is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a young waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against sentient machines, while a human soldier from the same war is sent to protect her at…

The Candidate – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Director Helen Gaynor Score 4/6 In March 2018 Filmmaker Helen Gaynor followed Greens candidate Alex Bhathal for the last 3 weeks of the election campaign for the federal seat of Batman. For those of you who might not remember or perhaps have conveniently forgotten the March 2018 election happened because the previous member was disqualified…

A Better Tomorrow (2010)

Director Hae-sung Song Starring Jin-mo Ju, Seung-heon Song, Kang-woo Kim Rated Score 3.5/6 Kim Hyuk is a detective in the South Korean National Police Agency, having escaped from North Korea as a teenager. Unbeknownst to his superiors, he also works as an illegal arms smuggler with his best friend and partner in crime, Lee Young-choon,…

The Man from Nowhere

Director Jeong-beom Lee Starring Won Bin, Sae-ron Kim, Tae-hoon Kim Rated MA Score 5/6 A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend. I’m pretty sure that I have not come across any movies starring anyone in The man…